ChrisEyles
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- Devon
Are you thinking of going to classic drops? Some nice skinny non-aero ones would look cracking.
The Pollard has arrived
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GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
I've got a pair of bolt cutters for cutting the ends of the mudguard stays, they look dangerous.......
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
lol i leave them long so i can move them from bike to bike when needed
Swapped them for a set of drops complete with a set of levers with safety levers and with a GB stem just got to cable them up now
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
Just back from trying out this set of bars feels a lot better.
Hope it meets with your approval @ChrisEyles ?
ChrisEyles
Guru
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- Devon
Love it, looks very classy!
...front brake cable needs shortening though
...front brake cable needs shortening though
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Love it, looks very classy!
...front brake cable needs shortening though
Yeah i need to find my box of plastic cable guides/clamps to get routing better then trim the excess inner's off
The best thing is that the safety levers actually work and work well
woodbutcher
Veteran
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- S W France
Showing my ignorance here, are the safety levers those loops of wire by the brake callipers ? The expression is new to me
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Showing my ignorance here, are the safety levers those loops of wire by the brake callipers ? The expression is new to me
No thats just the excess inner cable that needs chopping once i have them routed correctly
the safety levers are attached to inside of the normal levers and run in a way that when riding on the flat section of the bars you can reach them they are just viisable in the picture on the inside of the bends
That IS amazing - ! Not for nothing were they colloqially known as 'pillock levers / suicide levers' - !
woodbutcher
Veteran
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Of course, now l see what you mean
They are fitted to a couple of my older bikes , don't seem to work as well as the main levers though and simongt calls them "suicide" levers, there must surely be an easier way of ending it all, but then they are an odd lot in Norwich ( l speak as an ex resident of that fine city) 
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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That IS amazing - ! Not for nothing were they colloqially known as 'pillock levers / suicide levers' - !
Very true hence my surprise at these actually work well
Of course, now l see what you mean
lol as long as you keep the cables tensioned
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
Removed the down tube decals last night.
Just got to find where I put the new one's now .
Just got to find where I put the new one's now .
raleighnut
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You've had this one a while.
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
You've had this one a while.
Yes coming up to 5 years and i really love riding it as well
it's a mid 50,s frame with a set of late 80's forks and has modernish calipers and is nice and light and is an ideal all year round bike
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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32 miles this morning on this machine , trundled along nicely on the flat and did some pedal dancing on the hills.
